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Definition of Pterygia
1. pterygium [n] - See also: pterygium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pterygia
Literary usage of Pterygia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs, Alexander Duane (1899)
"In very broad pterygia it is difficult or impossible to unite the edges of the
conjunctival ... These pseudo-pterygia are very similar to true pterygia, ..."
2. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"These pseudo-pterygia are very similar to true pterygia, for like the latter they
keep on growing slowly over the cornea, and unlike other ..."
3. Transaction by Texas Medical Association (1893)
"The regular operation for pterygia of moderate extent could not be considered,
since clearing of cornea with subsequent closing up of gap in front of ..."
4. Illustrations of S. Cooper's Surgical Dictionaryby W. P. Cocks, Samuel Cooper by W. P. Cocks, Samuel Cooper (1833)
"I. Two pterygia of different sizes upon the same eye. a. The larger pterygium
situated upon the eye-ball on the side next the nose. b. ..."
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